User`s guide
Supported Operating System Supported Hardware
AIX 5L 5.3 (up to 5.4.0 Agent only) RISC and PowerPC
AIX 6.1 RISC and PowerPC
HP-UX 11i v1.0 (11.11) (up to 5.4.0 Agent only) PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i v2.0 (11.23) (up to 5.4.0 Agent only) Itanium
HP-UX 11i v2.0 (11.23) (up to 5.4.0 Agent only) PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) Itanium
HP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) PA-RISC
Mac OS X 10.5 (up to 5.4.1 Agent only) Intel and PowerPC
Mac OS X 10.6 Intel-based Apple platforms only
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (ES/AS) including Desktop with
Workstation edition (up to 5.4 Agent only)
x86 (includes Intel and AMD
architectures, excludes Itanium)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (ES/AS) including Desktop with
Workstation edition
x86 and x64 (includes Intel and AMD
architectures, excludes Itanium)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0 Server,
Desktop with Workstation, and Advanced Platform
x86 and x64 (includes Intel and AMD
architectures, excludes Itanium)
Solaris 9 (up to 5.4.0 Agent only) Sparc and Sparc-V9
Solaris 10 Sparc, Sparc-V9, x86, and x64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (up to 5.4.1 Agent only) x86 and x64 (includes Intel and AMD
architectures, excludes Itanium)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, 11.1 x86 and x64 (includes Intel and AMD
architectures, excludes Itanium)
Table 5–5. UNIX/Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment Operating System and Hardware
Requirements
Supported OSVersions for the New UNIXPatch Assessment Content
VCM 5.4.1 provides UNIX patch assessment content in a new format for the following operating systems.
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Red Hat RHEL4, 5, and 6
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SUSE SLES 10.0–10.3 and 11.0–11.1
For more information about the new content format, see the VCM Installation and Getting Started Guide or
the VCM online help.
Agent Proxy Requirements for VMware ESX and ESXi
To collect ESX and ESXi data, you use an Agent Proxy rather than installing the VCM Agent directly on the
ESX and ESXi Servers.
When collecting from ESX and ESXi Servers, you must configure at least one VCM Agent Proxy machine.
You can configure the Collector as the Agent Proxy or configure standalone Agent Proxy machines. The
Collector communicates with the Agent Proxy and the Agent Proxy then directly communicates with the
ESX and ESXi Servers using SSH and/or Web Services for necessary data collection actions. The data is
processed by the Agent Proxy and relayed to the Collector.
The minimum operating system and hardware requirements for each Agent Proxy machine are based on
the following criteria.
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
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